Touring Quotes

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move. (Bryan Ferry)
I didn't spend much time in America, which probably was a mistake. To someone else, having a number one in America would be enough to get them touring. View quote
Kim Wilde
I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band. View quote
Bill Hicks
U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York Daily News reports that two of its reporters carried box cutters, razor knives, and pepper spray on fourteen commercial flights without getting caught. Then ABC News reports that it smuggled fifteen pounds of uranium into New York City. Then Fox News reports that it flew Osama bin Laden to Washington, D.C., and videotaped him touring the White House. View quote
Dave Barry
I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night. View quote
Matt Cameron
I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there... And touring is a lot of work. I'm impressed when I see people like Eric Clapton out there. Gee whiz, Eric, give me a break! I know it's gotta hurt somewhere. View quote
Steve Perry
Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family. View quote
Vanessa Hudgens
I've been touring now since about '68. View quote
Joe Cocker
I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much. View quote
Travis Barker
Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording. View quote
Bootsy Collins
I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording. (Bootsy Collins)
There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great. View quote
Christina Milian
In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz. View quote
Chuck Mangione
I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others. View quote
Deana Carter
My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company's Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years. View quote
Didi Conn
The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away. View quote
Duncan Sheik
Touring is really a pretty lonely business. View quote
Eddy Arnold
I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring. View quote
Glenn Danzig
I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney. View quote
Glenn Frey
I love touring in the United States. It's dramatically different wherever you go. North to south you're going from snow to palm trees. View quote
Greg Lake
So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first. (Gavin DeGraw)
I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years. View quote
Jerry Harrison
I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender. View quote
Jonathan Frid
Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love. View quote
Jonny Lang
I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or whatever. View quote
Jonny Lang